TEDx2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is 26% proficiency in math acceptable to you? That’s the question teacher and Synergy Academies Founder Dr. Randy Palisoc asks the TEDxManhattanBeach audience. With only 26% of U.S. twelfth graders proficient in mathematics, Randy shares his solution: teach math as a language. Putting words back into math lessons enables even the youngest school-age minds to grasp complex concepts, such as fractions, that are traditionally thought of as abstract and difficult to understand. In his stunningly simple and effective approach, math no longer creates problems for kids but solves them. Randy Palisoc is a passionate educator, known for making math easy. A founder of the five-time national award winning Synergy Academies, Randy is proud to identify Synergy as an “in spite of” school. In spite of the fact that its students were disadvantaged and in spite of the fact that it did not have its own facility and had to pack up its classrooms every single week, his school was the first and only elementary school in South Los Angeles to ever win the National Blue Ribbon Award, and was named the #1 Urban Elementary School in America in 2013. Seeking a broader impact, Randy left Synergy this year to start Ironbox Education. One of the ways he believes we can dramatically improve America’s schools is by doing a better job teaching math to our students in a way that makes sense to them. Randy believes implementing a few changes in the way we approach math will give students the confidence and thinking skills to be more competitive in a global economy. Favorite TED Talk: “My Invention That Made Peace With Lions”: Richard Turere The “Game Changer” he most admires is Steve Jobs, because he had the ability to envision things we did not even know we needed or wanted. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick off the MacWorld Conference & Expo 2007 with a keynote address from San Francisco’s Moscone West. Check out the exciting new developments at Apple, which include the addition of Paramount movies to iTunes, Apple which allows you to wirelessly play all of your iTunes content from your Mac or PC on your television, and pioneering iPhone. This revolutionary product is a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a mobile phone, and a Internet communications device all in one.

Transcript Vietnam made enormous progress in developing its education system in recent years, but still faced challenges in rural and remote areas, particularly in meeting the needs of disadvantaged children-poor kids, street kids, kids with disabilities, and kids from ethnic minorities. Some children had to walk two to three kilometres along steep mountain paths just to get to school. It’s no surprise that some never got there and others gave up along the way. La Thi Huyen: “My name is La Thi Huyen, I’m a new teacher. I graduated this year. It’s my first full year teaching. One of the biggest difficulties I face in teaching these children is that all of them are from ethnic minorities and they don’t speak Vietnamese very fluently.” As part of its priority theme to secure a future for children and youth, CIDA, along with other donors, including the World Bank, worked with the Government of Vietnam for seven years to improve access to primary school for disadvantaged children such as these-some 2.7 million or 27 percent of all students in Vietnam-and to improve the quality of education in 40 poor provinces. Together, they: Provided more than 3 million textbooks to students, as well as school supplies, and in some cases shoes and uniforms Built more than 16,000 new schools Trained more than 312,865 teachers and 7,026 teacher’s aides La Thi Huyen: “I have learned how teachers should interact with children, how we should write on the boards. I apply some teaching methods that I learned to make it easier for my students to learn.” The results? By the end of 2010: Primary school enrolment increased from 80 percent to 99 percent Primary school completion rates increased from 72 percent to 94 percent Drop-out rates fell from 12 percent to 2.5 percent More than 2.7 million students now have a more hopeful future, and Vietnam is closer to achieving universal primary education for all-one of the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the world’s leaders in 2000.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why is that certain real estate projects catalyze community transformation, while others make no impact? David describes why NOT having the typical ‘advantages’ of a real estate developer -land, money & tenants – has proven to be his secret weapon. Instead integrating Innovation + Design + Education + Arts has involved the community in defining the future of I.D.E.A, propelling the project forward with a broad base of support. n 2011, David and Pete Garcia formed I.D.E.A. Partners to lead the development of the I.D.E.A. District (www.ideadistrictsd.com) — Innnovation+Design+Education+Arts — in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative, located on 35 blocks in the Upper East Village, aims to create a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use district that will generate over 13,000+ design and technology jobs in the next 10 years. IDEA1, their first mixed-use project with partner Lowe Enterprises, will break ground in early 2015. Before starting his own firm, David was the Founder and a Managing Director for seven years with RCLCO’s Development Services Group where he provided development management services to a wide variety of corporate and institutional clients. Prior to that, between 1996-2002, David was a Senior Vice President at TrizecHahn Development Corporation. During his six-year tenure, he was the key project executive on Hollywood & Highland and the Kodak Theater (now Dolby Theater) in Hollywood, CA in collaboration with architects Stan Eckstut and David Rockwell. During this same period he also initiated the development of Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, CA. Video Previous to his position at TrizecHahn, David was Vice President/General Manager at Disney Development Company-West. During his nine years at The Walt Disney Company, he managed the development of over $250 million in projects including The Feature Animation Building in Burbank with architect Robert A. M. Stern and Disney Ice and The Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim both designed by Frank Gehry. From 1993-1996 he spearheaded Disney’s restoration of the New Amsterdam Theater in New York with architect Hugh Hardy, which catalyzed the highly acclaimed development of additional retail/entertainment business on New York’s famed 42nd Street. David is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in Del Mar with his wife Ann Berchtold. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The rise in U.S. college tuition is unsustainable. That’s the argument of a new television documentary, “Ivory Tower,” which tackles growing worries and critique over college costs and student debt. Jeffrey Brown talks to filmmaker Andrew Rossi about the origins of rising costs and financial competition among institutions, plus ideas about how to turn around the trend.

OECD Acting Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher answers crowdsourced questions for the Global Education and Skills Forum, 2014. Don’t miss new Big Think videos! Subscribe by clicking here: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Find out more about the Global Education & Skills Forum: http://www.educationandskillsforum.org Questions: — Will we ever see an international assessment that tracks student learning across multiple years? — Do parents have an impact on student success? — Is there a risk that good PISA scores might lead to complacency? — Is the humanistic approach to evaluation an important indicator? Transcript – We need to become better at tracking student learning growths not at just seeing where students are at any point in time but also seeing how they actually progress in their learning pathways. And actually a lot is happening in that field. In fact, the PISA assessment as we have it currently focusing on 15 year olds is looking into expanding to lower grades so that we can actually get at least at the synthetic level some sense of the progress that is being made in education raising quality, improving equity and also value for money. The PISA data show that parents have a very significant influence on the success of their children. We see that where parents have a greater expectations on education, where parents are more closely involved in the education of their children results are significantly better. And it’s not only in terms of the academic performance of students but it’s also in terms of their attitudes toward learning, their enjoyment of learning. Their persistence when things get tough in school. So parental involvement is very important. We also see that that parental involvement isn’t about having an academic degree as a parent or spending hours of time on homework. It’s really the interest parents show for the education of their children. For example, when parents regularly ask their children, you know, “How was school today? What did go wrong?” We can see those kids actually having a significantly higher performance at school than kids — even kids from wealthy neighborhoods where parents do not show that level of engagement. So a very important ingredient for success is to make parents part of the equation. If you do well you might think you don’t need to improve. But, in fact, the PISA data do not lend much evidence to this. In fact, some of the most rapidly improving systems are some of the best performing systems. They want to move from good to great. They’re actually seeing, you know, how is the labor demand shaping up in the future. What are the kind of knowledge and skills that we need to improve on? I’ll give you an example. You can look at Singapore. Singapore has always done well on math and science tests. But Singaporean educators have not been satisfied with this. They’re looking to how can we strengthen students ways of thinking, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving. Students ways of working, collaboration, teamwork and so on. So the education system is actually looking towards moving forward. Complacency is a risk but we do actually see very encouraging signals that improvement is taking place at every part of the system. You cannot improve what you can’t measure. So the measurement framework is really, really critically important. But we also do see incentives not only for our low performers to catch up but also for the strong performers to move forward further. It was a bit long? A humanistic perspective is very important to evaluating educational results. In fact, we need to get away from looking at education with a single perspective. Evaluation can only take part place in a framework of multiple kinds of perspectives. Looking at test data from students is one perspective. Looking at teachers views on student performance. Looking at other students — it’s this kind of multiplicity of instruments that actually help us improve education. And that’s true even at the level of teachers, you know. You can evaluate teachers on the basis of student learning outcomes. This is one perspective. But you also need to bring in other perspectives that value the broader responsibilities that teachers have. So looking at outcomes from multiple perspectives including these kind of quality — qualitative outlook is very, very important. Directed and Produced by Jonathan Fowler

Did you know that your years of education can affect how long and how well you will live? Americans with fewer years of education have poorer health and shorter lives, and that has never been more true than today. In fact, since the 1990s, life expectancy has decreased for people without a high school education. Education is important not only for higher paying jobs and economic productivity, but also for saving lives and saving dollars. Created by the VCU Center on Society and Health with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this video is part of the Education and Health Initiative, a larger project aiming to increase awareness and understanding of the important connections between education and health. More detailed information is available at http://www.rwjf.org/EducationMatters

Howard Chang, University of Pennsylvania Law School, A Quick Look at the Economic Impact of Immigration on Natives, produced in collaboration with FWD.us Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

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This is the 1st lesson only, continue this course at: https://coursmos.com/gaurav-tekriwal/… Gaurav Tekriwal presents techniques of vedic maths – world’s fastest mental math system which provides methods enabling anyone to calculate at phenomenal speed compared to modern mathematics. To understand this course you first need to know the Base Method.

Lindsay Harris, Georgetown University Law Center VAWA: Protecting Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse, produced in collaboration with FWD.us Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Amanda Frost, American University Washington College of Law, Dispelling the Most Common Myths about Immigration, produced in collaboration with FWD.us Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

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Virgil Wiebe, University of St. Thomas School of Law, A Quick Look at Immigration Status: The Immigration Hotel, produced in collaboration with FWD.us Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA School of Law, A Quick Look at Immigration History: Immigration at Ellis and Angel Islands, produced in collaboration with FWD.us Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Doni Gewirtzman, New York Law School, “Teaching and Theater: The Craft of Law Teaching” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Leah A. Plunkett, University of New Hampshire School of Law: “An Improviser’s Guide to Law Teaching” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Brett Johnson, Harvard Law School: “H2O: Remixing the Casebook” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Leah Wortham, The Catholic Univ. of America, Columbus School of Law: “Graduating Them Whole Not Broken” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Dan Jackson, Northeastern University School of Law: “Designing Lawyers: Leading an Experiential Law School Design Lab” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Shawn Marie Boyne, Indiana University – Robert H. McKinney School of Law, “Teaching Through Simulations” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore School of Law, “Why Use Clickers? To Provide Students Real Time Feedback” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

John M. Bickers, N. Kentucky University: Chase College of Law: “How Non-Bar Tested Electives Can Teach Lawyering” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

John P. Joergensen, Rutgers University School of Law (Newark): “Scaffolding” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“An LLM, an Oral Presentation, and a Video Camera” Victoria Szymczak Richardson Sch. of Law This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Wes Reber Porter, Golden Gate University School of Law: “A Better Class to Class Process to Accompany Flipping” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Victoria Duke, Indiana Tech Law School: “Bringing Exercises in Large Classes” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Michele Pistone, Villanova University School of Law, “Why Law School Must Change” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Sydney Beckman, Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law: “Using Technology For Engagement and Assessment” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Jamie R. Abrams, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law: “The Socratic Method, Revisited” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Watch the complete micro-course: https://coursmos.com/ari-r-meisel/cou… Find out about Ari Meisel, an outstanding author and entrepreneur, his company the Less Doing that became a framework for optimizing, automating, and outsourcing everything in people’s personal and professional lives. His course will make your life healthier, easier, more efficient and productive.

On Tuesday, May 20th, at 11am ET, we held a Google Hangout on Air with Jamie Mason Cohen where he discussed the simple and effective ways to use SOLEs (Self Organized Learning Environments). He focused on the ways in which this model can ignite the imaginations of, the and creativity within, students of all ages. About the Speaker: Jamie Mason Cohen is a high school English teacher and Co-Director of Student Activities at TanenbaumChat in Maple, Ontario Canada. He was the winner of the 2013 Huffington Post-TED sponsored teaching contest, “The Sole Challenge.” His unique implementation of self-organized learning environments (SOLES) was recently recorded and shown at TEDVancouver as part of a panel discussing the future of learning. This year Jamie has been invited to speak at diverse education conferences such as RAVSAK in L.A. and TEDx in Europe. Jamie’s experience includes years working for Saturday Night Live in New York City, and also directing an award-winning docudrama, “The Barber of Kigali.” This background helped Jamie create synergy between his passion for entertainment, arts and media, and his over a decade long experience as a teacher. Jamie has been able to generate innovative problem-solving strategies using new technologies for educators. He has written for academic publications such as “Jewish Educational Leadership” and blogs such as “Poetry Brain” and “Poetry Genius.” He has been featured in the Canadian Jewish News and on TED.com. His blog for teachers is www.jamiemasoncohen.com. He can be reached at: jamiecoheneducator@gmail.com

Renee Allen, Florida A&M University College of Law, “Metacognition and the Value of Reflection in Learning” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Jeanne Eicks, Vermont Law School: “Game On! Educational Games for Law Students” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Jeffrey Ritter, Georgetown Law, Mapping the Law: Building and Using Visual Mindmaps in Legal Education This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Elizabeth Keyes, University of Baltimore School of Law: “Teaching Narrative” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Warren Binford, Willamette University College of Law: “How to Be the World’s Best Law Professor” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Watch, learn and connect: https://stanfordconnects.stanford.edu/ Should you tell your kids they are smart or talented? Professor Carol Dweck answers this question and more, as she talks about her groundbreaking work on developing mindsets. She emphasizes the power of “yet” in helping students succeed in and out of the classroom. Carol Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Education. A leading expert in the field of motivation, her research has demonstrated the role of mindsets in students’ achievement and has shown how praise for intelligence can undermine motivation and learning. She has lectured to education, business and sports groups all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, Nightline and 20/20. Her bestselling book Mindset has been widely acclaimed and translated into over 20 languages. This Stanford+Connects micro lecture was filmed on location in New York, New York. Stanford+Connects is a program of the Stanford Alumni Association.

True collaborative learning occurs when teacher and students are able to share content regardless of being used in the interactive display, portable computer or mobile device. All technology being used in the classroom must speak the same language and EXO U provides such universal framework for content delivery and easily managed by the teacher who becomes a learning facilitator.

Arthur Eisenkraft speaks on Engaging Students in Science with Art, Physics and Literature, as part of the Azim Premji University Public Lecture series January 7, 2014 Arthur Eisenkraft, Distinguished Professor of Science Education, Professor of Physics Director, Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA About the Talk For some students, science concepts are fascinating from the outset and the mathematics is a source of beauty. Other students need to enter the world of science through their other interests including sports, transportation, medicine, communications and technology. All students can benefit from an approach that uses art and literature to propel an understanding of physics. Professor Eisenkraft will discuss how working with an artist and drawing from literature has led to a unique approach to engaging students in physics. About the Speaker Arthur Eisenkraft, PhD, is one of America’s leading science educators. For 25 years, he taught high school physics and was a 6-12 science coordinator. He is past president of the National Science Teacher Association and is currently chair of the Science Academic Advisory Committee of the College Board. He is project director of the NSF-supported Active Physics curriculum project that is introducing physics instruction for the first time to all students and leading a similar effort with Active Chemistry. He is chair and co-creator of the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards, involving 15,000 students annually. His current research projects include investigating the efficacy of a second generation model of distance learning for professional development; a study of professional development choices that teachers make when facing a large scale curriculum change and assessing the technological literacy of K-12 students. He has received numerous awards recognizing his teaching and related work including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, the American Association of Physics Teachers Millikan Medal, the Disney Corporation’s Science Teacher of the Year, and the NSTA Robert Carleton Award. He is a fellow of the AAAS, holds a patent for a laser vision testing system and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Rennssalaer Polytechnic Institute.

E-education, a DVD based educational intervention in Bangladesh, initiated by Atsuyoshi Saisho of Japan and Implemented by Abdul Matin Sheikh (Maheen) of Bacbon Foundation (http://bacbonedu.com/). This Project is now under rigorous research through the funding of JSPS under University of Tokyo and later under University of Kyoto. The researchers involved in the impact evaluation of this intervention is Yasuyuki Sawada of University of Tokyo, Hisaki Kono of University of Kyoto and Abu Shonchoy of IDE-JETRO and University of Tokyo. This report has been edited and produced by Meiko Tateyama of TBS, Japan

Please view my TEDx talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQcc1… This video includes a few students and teachers providing honest feedback relating to the positive impact of Active Learning. www.teachingrocks.com Hello friends, my name is Troy Wittmann, and I want to help teachers engage their students in the learning process. After two decades of teaching, I have discovered one absolute truth: our students want to be active participants in the learning process. Fortunately, the days of “chalk and talk” or the teacher being the lone “sage on the stage” are becoming less prevalent. Today students want and deserve more. An old Native American expression captures this sentiment perfectly: “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I will understand.” I have written a book and completed a video series on Active Learning. The book is entitled: 33⅓ Active Learning Strategies. It comes with a companion set of eight DVD’s and one futuristic, musical CD. The DVD’s contain 33⅓ separate HD videos with an average runtime of 15 minutes. The Active Learning Strategies explained in the book and on the DVD’s can be used from elementary through high school and even for adult learners. All you need to do is adjust the questions and statements to meet your goals and objectives. Of course, these strategies may also be used to address local, state, and Common Core Standards. One specific method of engaging our students that my faith has inspired me with is known simply as the Teachingrocks Time Machine™. I can’t wait to show you how it all works. Thank you, Troy Wittmann Teacher www.teachingrocks.com

Yuta Komiya is a satellite engineer. He was born in Kochi in 1986, and raised in Saitama. During his childhood, Komiya once watched a documentary program about Apollo 13, and he came to admire the NASA Flight Director, Gene Kranz. After that, he developed a strong interest in space program development. He attended Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he was heavily involved in developing micro satellites. At the end of 2011, just before graduation, while he was intensely investigating satellite development and writing his thesis, he found a passion for adult outreach activities. Since then, outside of his work, he has overseen the ‘Komiya Rocket Club’, an “Adult Hangout” that launches model rockets along the Tama River. 小宮 悠太 人工衛星エンジニア 1986年高知生まれ、埼玉育ち。幼いころ、たまたまアポロ13号のドキュメンタリー番組に出てきた、ジーン・クランツに憧れて宇宙開発を志す。ちなみに白いベストは持っていない。 以来、宇宙と関わる進路を選択し続け、東工大にて超小型人工衛星の研究開発に関わる。大学院卒業間際の2011年末、多忙を極める衛星開発と論文執筆のストレスが原動力となり、モデルロケットを使った大人向けアウトリーチ活動に目覚める。 以来現在に至るまで、本職の傍ら、「大人の本気の遊び場」をコンセプトに、多摩川沿いでモデルロケット教室”Komiya Rocket Club”を定期的に開催している。 For more information of TEDxTitech: HP: tedxtitech.com Facebook:/TEDxTitech In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

We’ll hear from Superintendent, David Miyashiro from Cajon Valley Union School District On October 11th talking about our systems of public education and how they have changed (or not). Come listen to discussion of reform in education and the what, how, and why we can’t wait any longer for this transformation in America’s Finest City. Tickets are available here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxameri… Learn more at http://www.tedxamericasfinestcity.com

17 yrs old, Investor & Entrepreneur. Co Founder and CEO, Blix Corporation. Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) at GSF (Global Superangels Forum). Started coding at the age of 9, and launched his first website at the age of 10. Launched Blix Corporation at the age of 13. Made several softwares and apps reaching a total of 1 million downloads. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why is that certain real estate projects catalyze community transformation, while others make no impact? David describes why NOT having the typical ‘advantages’ of a real estate developer -land, money & tenants – has proven to be his secret weapon. Instead integrating Innovation + Design + Education + Arts has involved the community in defining the future of I.D.E.A, propelling the project forward with a broad base of support. n 2011, David and Pete Garcia formed I.D.E.A. Partners to lead the development of the I.D.E.A. District (www.ideadistrictsd.com) — Innnovation+Design+Education+Arts — in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative, located on 35 blocks in the Upper East Village, aims to create a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use district that will generate over 13,000+ design and technology jobs in the next 10 years. IDEA1, their first mixed-use project with partner Lowe Enterprises, will break ground in early 2015. Before starting his own firm, David was the Founder and a Managing Director for seven years with RCLCO’s Development Services Group where he provided development management services to a wide variety of corporate and institutional clients. Prior to that, between 1996-2002, David was a Senior Vice President at TrizecHahn Development Corporation. During his six-year tenure, he was the key project executive on Hollywood & Highland and the Kodak Theater (now Dolby Theater) in Hollywood, CA in collaboration with architects Stan Eckstut and David Rockwell. During this same period he also initiated the development of Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, CA. Video Previous to his position at TrizecHahn, David was Vice President/General Manager at Disney Development Company-West. During his nine years at The Walt Disney Company, he managed the development of over $250 million in projects including The Feature Animation Building in Burbank with architect Robert A. M. Stern and Disney Ice and The Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim both designed by Frank Gehry. From 1993-1996 he spearheaded Disney’s restoration of the New Amsterdam Theater in New York with architect Hugh Hardy, which catalyzed the highly acclaimed development of additional retail/entertainment business on New York’s famed 42nd Street. David is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in Del Mar with his wife Ann Berchtold. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. http://bigshotcamera.com Akash was a part of the design team for the Bigshot Camera, a DIY digital camera kit that his father, Shree Nayar, invented. Akash described his experience at TEDxYouth@TheSchool. Akash Nayar is a 7th grader at the School at Columbia University in New York City. His favorite subjects are Math and Science. He also loves computer programming and modeling. He has done several projects using Scratch, Blender, Tinkercad and Python. He also likes to 3D print his designs. He helped with the design and testing of the Bigshot camera that his father invented. Since a very young age, Akash has been passionate about building things with his hands. Some of his projects include an electric buzzer, a flashlight, and an eight-legged robot. Akash also loves listening to music About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Jim Tisch is the founder & President of iQ Technologies — a company focused on changing the way people connect and communicate leveraging social media and innovative technologies. Jim is passionate about high-tech solutions that improve education, productivity and enhance collaboration. He has an established record of providing social media solutions that deliver results. He is a product and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience with strong new product development delivering enterprise solutions and best practices. He has experience with companies ranging from Internet start-up to Fortune 100 providing solutions for companies and organizations such as Laureate, Belo, Microsoft, Apple, and 3Com while working for companies such as iQ Technologies, FranklinCovey, eCollege.com, Pacific Edge, and Robbins Gioia consulting. Jim is a graduate of Brigham Young University. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)